Police treating weekend death as homicide

By The Enterprise

Published 11:09 am, Monday, July 8, 2013

Beaumont police have released the identity of a man found dead in a trailer park over the weekend.

Authorities identified the body found Sunday morning near the Wizard Trailer Park at 6950 College St. as Eleazar Lopez,42, of Beaumont. The investigation into his death is being treated as a homicide, according to a news release issued by the department. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, according to the release. Police were called to the park around 9:15 a.m. Sunday by witness who reported a dead body behind the trailer park.

Authorities are asking anyone with information about the death to call Crime Stoppers at 833-TIPS.